Sunday, February 22, 2015

Teachings in religion: A FB post from 2009

Currently, the time is 1 A.M in the morning and I am beginning to feel wheezy after taking my narcotic sleep medication. I take the pills because they reduce my sleep interrupting nightmares that happen so frequently.
While trying to catch some much needed rest in preparation for my mother to come out Colorado and my Wife's return from Wisconsin, I have stayed up late each night cleaning a little bit more than I normally would have. While taking one of my elaborate breaks, (as Jillian knows, I work for five minutes and rest for 10), I stumbled upon a book which I began reading almost four months ago. The book is titled "The God Delusion" by Richard Dawkins. I know that by typing that man's name, I just arrived on my fellow friends' list, hate mail recipients list. Some of you are clearly already turned away by what I have to say, yet others may find what I am bullshitting through to be of some value. Either way, I wish for all of you super religious people who choose to stop and debate a topic half way through, to read my entire essay prior to actually commenting. Although I did just put that disclaimer in my work, I think about 75% of the christian population will forget it and make some naive comment about a certain section in my essay, rather than the whole thing.
Years ago, I became a victim of something that is almost never heard of. It's a type of abuse where elders support it, and children will do anything to be in it. This type of abuse is brought on by years of brainwashing in a degree that only a 26 year old who has wasted many years of his life listening to can speak of. This type of abuse is neither physical, verbal, or emotional. Nay, it is religious abuse and it has become increasingly popular amongst the evangelicals and fundamentalists' (Strap a bomb to my belly and take out as many people who do not agree with our teachings) type of people. Funny how things turned out, from my childhood to now. I was once so brainwashed that I "was on fire for the lord". Good thing I wised up and realized that I was wasting my money to give a man a house who did nothing more than reject the poor (which my mother thought he was acting on god's behalf when he(the pastor), said no to her requests to help her with a bill she was behind on. After all, it was the money she had given to an offering.
I am not really into divulging my entire abuse, because most of it is very ignorant propaganda that my church willing placed on each child. Just watch the documentary "Jesus Camp". Some of these children walk around with tape over their mouths to certify that they are not controlled by themselves, but rather a superficial being. Too bad that rule didn't apply to the NHL when a player high sticked another. The natural defense could be that god told me to do it and I am his messenger. Or when the drunk driver walks away clean from an accident that killed a mother and father along with their three children. Could you call that natural selection? You see, it has been things like this that actually lead me to believe that I wasted portions of my life pondering a god that isn't real. Well then, how about the Euphoria when you are so called "saved". I found that same feeling present when I closed on my home and became the first member of my family to own a home. I guess a salesman has one goal in mind to close the sale; to make you feel all warm and fuzzy inside before they hand you a doggy bag full of dog shit.
It's okay though, as I have rebounded well to lead an un-blind folded life. I have been given chances to diversify myself and see what people are really made of. After making comments similar to what I have already written, I found myself on another page being bombarded with hilarious questions such as this one: if there is no god, then why would people rally around one another to help each other no matter what the circumstances? Well my dumb friends, I have to tell you that our country is currently trying to rally around the mortgage prices that gave many people the euphoria they felt when they were saved or when they closed on that huge McMansion.
Finally, I have seen the left behind series so many times that I just want to puke. The fear propaganda involved with it is absolutely ridiculous. To think that some man is going to come around, wipe out a Generation and then revive himself to be killed by Jesus, is just phony. Well to tell you the truth, I think it may have already happened. Mussolini believed that he must hold the upper hand among the people so that they will "craft his way". Upon his escape, he was killed. Maybe he was then resurrected as Adolf Hitler. After all, hitler told his prisoners that they would be treated to royalty and then sent them to a place where they would get a nice warm shower. Too bad that shower was a cyanide gas waiting to annihilate them. I guess if that were the case, then the United States of America would be Jesus. As we ended world war two and conquered the empire that held the world hostage. Maybe that's why we are so into spending money on places like new life church to watch them have a stage complete with an arena size scoreboard so that if you cannot see the preacher, you can watch him on the jumbo trons. Welcome to America, land of the free, home of Jesus.
Thoughts?

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